I have a HTC Desire S (branded by Virgin Mobile) and I like to play with (break) the software so I can debrand and run custom ROM's. The only reason I do this is that I hate waiting on the mobile networks to test new builds with all their bloatware before rolling them out to us lowly customers. Next time I'm only buying an unbranded device!!!
I did this successfully with my old HTC Desire which my wife now uses. So bare with me and I'll give you the background to my HTC Desire S woes.
I used the Revolutionary hack to replace the HBOOT (6.98.1002) and make the phone S-OFF. I also replaced the recovery partition with Clockworkmod recovery. So all was good. However, I did this in 2 stages, I replaced the HBOOT a few months back and only got round to finishing by replacing the recovery partition this week.
My next step was to start thinking about flashing some ROM's. Okay so the very day (10 Jan 2012) I finally replaced the recovery partition with Clockworkmod I received an OTA Update. Brilliant I thought, that'll save me installing a custom ROM! So I tried to install the OTA Update, fail!
My first thought was, now that Virgin have released Android 2.3 and Sense 3.0 for the HTC Desire S. I'll just put my phone back to how it was and run the update. My contract is up soon and I'll be getting a new phone so I'll make this as standard as possible before handing it down to my wife.
Great, so I replaced the HBOOT back to a stock image (0.98.0000) and ran the RUU for the branded Virgin Mobile (RUU_Saga_Virgin_Mobile_1.31.351.1_Radio_20.28b.30 .0805U_38.03.02.15_M_release_178933_signed.exe). That replaced the Clockworkmod recovery partition with the stock recovery and reset my phone back to how it was.
I now have my phone back to what it was when I bought it (roughly as I think it was 1.47 before I flashed the branded ROM again). The only problem now is that I am no longer being offered the OTA Update (I've tried Settings > About Phone > Software Updates > Check Now).
I did save the OTA update file (OTA_Saga_S_Virgin_Mobile_2.13.351.6-1.47.351.2_release_231143vunyigsoxclccanj.zip) before I wiped my phone again. Can I/Should I run it manually?
Is anyone else running build 1.31 on a HTC Desire S? If not what version are you running? I'm wondering if by flashing the 1.31 version (as it was the only one I could find) I'll no longer get the 2.13 OTA Update.
Android Version: 2.3.3
HTC Sense Version: 2.1
Baseband Version: 20.28b.30.0805U_38.03.02.15_M
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.10-g8ae2b2f [email protected] #1 Thu Mar 17 20:59:21 CST 2011
Build Number: 1.31.351.1 CL27073 release-keys
Software Number: 1.31.351.1
Browser Version: WebKit/533.1
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Ok last summer, I bought a Magic and have it upgraded to HTC sense interface.
I forgot how I did that and what I should do next.
In fastboot, what I see is:
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SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.76.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.07.29
And Clear data, Yes/No option. That's ALL about the fastboot.
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In Settings, it shows:
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* Firmware version: 1.5
* Baseband version: 63.18.55.06HU_6.35.07.29
* Kernel version: 2.6.27-5469d459 [email protected] #901
* Build number: 3.03.707.5 CL#75968 release-keys
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What I know:
* The Magic was upgraded by myself more than half a year ago, I forgot how I did that already
* Recently I have a new Nexus One and had it unlocked, rooted, RA-nexus-v1.5.3, and upgraded it with CyanMOD 5.0 Beta 5 (newest)
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Now what I want is:
* Android 1.6 or higher (2.0 or even 2.1 is preferred)
* to get it even faster
* HTC sense UI is preferred (esp its smart dialer)
* the system has to be very stable
* more ROM/RAM can be used, if possible
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Can anyone please tell me what I should do now?
Thank you very much for your help...!
Looks like you updated using the official update utility. If so, you are stuck for now.
edit - But you say you did it more than half a year ago? The official update only came out in the last few weeks...
The Hong Kong Sense UI update many people used was released mid-November. Not half a year ago, yes, but still.
1.76.0007 is a perfected spl but you can get rid of it. Where is your phone from? If it's from Europe then run this RUU http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=625108, it contains a modified SU binary that can let you flash a new recovery and engineering spl found here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239. Follow the instructions posted by this member, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239, and then follow the take me back steps in cursordroid's thread because most Eclair ROMs use the old radio and spl ,but there is one or two that work with new radio. If you're phone isn't from Europe, run the RUU find the rom.zip temporary folder (search the forums), flash it with a goldcard (again search the forums) and follow all the instructions after flashing the ROM. Good luck.
Thanks guys. Yes I'm in Hong Kong. I'm not sure whether the phone is from Singapore or Europe. I'll need to check it out with the method mentioned in the reply above.
Just a quick question, would it make a huge improvement in speed after I got the phone further upgraded? If not, maybe i'd just keep it as it is now...
Thanks again.
Well, the stock Sense UI rom is slower than Cursorsense (modded Sense ROM), but I don't know how much faster the android 1.6,2.01,2.1 ROMs are, but most likely all of them are faster.
Hi
I bought my Desire HD last week.i received an update today and i updated it to 2.3.5.Now i want to root my phone. i tried searching in the internet but no luck..so some please help me with this.
here is my software specs
Android Version-2.3.5
HTC Sense Version-3.0
Software Number3.13.707.4
Kernel Version
2.6.35.10-g931a37e
[email protected]#1
Baseband Version
12.65.60.29U_26.14.04.28_M
Build Number
3.13.707.4 CL228204 release-keys
Browser Version
WebKit/533.1
AshTheDude007 said:
Hi
I bought my Desire HD last week.i received an update today and i updated it to 2.3.5.Now i want to root my phone. i tried searching in the internet but no luck..so some please help me with this.
here is my software specs
Android Version-2.3.5
HTC Sense Version-3.0
Software Number3.13.707.4
Kernel Version
2.6.35.10-g931a37e
[email protected]#1
Baseband Version
12.65.60.29U_26.14.04.28_M
Build Number
3.13.707.4 CL228204 release-keys
Browser Version
WebKit/533.1
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See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037315.
AshTheDude007 said:
Hi
I bought my Desire HD last week.i received an update today and i updated it to 2.3.5.Now i want to root my phone. i tried searching in the internet but no luck..so some please help me with this.
here is my software specs
Android Version-2.3.5
HTC Sense Version-3.0
Software Number3.13.707.4
Kernel Version
2.6.35.10-g931a37e
[email protected]#1
Baseband Version
12.65.60.29U_26.14.04.28_M
Build Number
3.13.707.4 CL228204 release-keys
Browser Version
WebKit/533.1
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I'm getting in the same as your trouble
Nani99 said:
I'm getting in the same as your trouble
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Yeah me too.
Anyone of you guys is on 3 Australia?
I am tempted not to upgrade so I don't get into trouble rooting.
I wanted to wait to make sure there is root available before upgrading it.
here is a nice (though elaborate) guide to downgrading your rom so you can root it: theunlockr.com/2011/10/25/how-to-downgrade-the-g2-desire-z-desire-hd-and-mytouch-4g-back-to-froyo/
it's not the easiest guide, but it works from my experience.
still nothing happens
tried many tools, seems new HTC official 2.3.5 with sense 3.0 is patched against all available rooting methods, should wait a bit longer for a new tool to root
although there are some "HTC stock 2.3.5" that are rooted, but it requires removing the original os and replacing this one, such as:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382235&page=12
if any one finds how this os was rooted plz help us, so we could root our existing os instead of replacing it
Hi all. New to the forum and brand new at rooting android phones. After a lot of reading and searching and trying I managed too achieve root last night on my Desire hd running 2.3.5 using the Ace Advanced Hack Tool. It took a few attempts for the phone to accept the downgrade. I had to run the hack tool several times to achieve this. In the end as the effin manual says I had to turn off all anti virus and close non essential programs. I also removed any anti virus apps from my phone. I don't know if it was coincidence or not but I was about to give up and had unplugged the USB cable and was in the bootloader menu about to reboot when all of a sudden it read the zip file on the SD card and downgraded the ROM. After that ran the Hack tool again and Now rooted, S off and Custom ROM (CM7) installed. One other quick thing, after installing CM7 on boot up it went into a boot loop. After searching found out you have to clear/reset factory settings and clear cache in custom recovery before flashing a new ROM. Hope this helps.
edit - forgot to mention I had the bootloader unlocked from HTCdev site but re locked it just before the downgrade started working.
Hi ALL,
Have you tried The Advanced Ace Hack Kit by attn1?
jase3303 said:
Hi all. New to the forum and brand new at rooting android phones. After a lot of reading and searching and trying I managed too achieve root last night on my Desire hd running 2.3.5 using the Ace Advanced Hack Tool. It took a few attempts for the phone to accept the downgrade. I had to run the hack tool several times to achieve this. In the end as the effin manual says I had to turn off all anti virus and close non essential programs. I also removed any anti virus apps from my phone. I don't know if it was coincidence or not but I was about to give up and had unplugged the USB cable and was in the bootloader menu about to reboot when all of a sudden it read the zip file on the SD card and downgraded the ROM. After that ran the Hack tool again and Now rooted, S off and Custom ROM (CM7) installed. One other quick thing, after installing CM7 on boot up it went into a boot loop. After searching found out you have to clear/reset factory settings and clear cache in custom recovery before flashing a new ROM. Hope this helps.
edit - forgot to mention I had the bootloader unlocked from HTCdev site but re locked it just before the downgrade started working.
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ericute said:
Hi ALL,
Have you tried The Advanced Ace Hack Kit by attn1?
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People it really works flawlessly...; just re-lock your bootloader if unlocked from HTCdev.com and use an empty, clean sd card... andof course read all the manual. Then you can let show begin They did such a BIG AND PERFECT work! i'm Amazed and impressed! thank's a lot people who made this possible.
some help needed to root, downgrade and then flash HTCDesireHD
hi guys - I am having incredible difficulty with this phone. I have rooted and flashed samsung galaxy and huawei mobiles in the past so im not totally oblivious. I have tried the advanced ace hack kit and countless other suggested methods and im totally lost as to why it wont root and downgrade. Here are my phones details:
**FROM BOOTLOADER SCREEN**
HBOOT-2.00.0027
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 7 2011, 19:06:24
**SOFTWARE INFORMATION**
android
2.3.5
HTC SENSE VERSION
3.0
SOFTWARE NUMBER
3.13.707.4
KERNEL VERSION
2.6.35.10-g931a37e
[email protected] 18-2 #1
Wed Nov 9 14:04:03 CST 2011
BASEBAND VERSION
12.65.60.29U_26.14.04.28_M
BUILD NUMBER
3.13.707.4 CL228204 release keys
BROWSER VERSION
WebKit/533.1
I bought this online and it came from singapore, its working absolutely fine as is but I want a custom ROM and total control over the phone etc...please help me with advice if you can id be very grateful. Thanks - Ben
great site....loads of help...yeh
just go to : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1259821
read everything carefully, and its basically a oneclick root, s-off etc for your device.
Root 2.3.3
use The Advanced Ace Hack Kit for rooting your phone
RE: Rooting HTC Desire
Personally, I find SuperOneClick to work very well!
people
this STILL is not working..i am trying to use the AAHK kit
i have read the manual
i am now using a computer that has nothing but winXPpro and the htc drivers installed that came from the AAHK, no anti virus, no anti-malware, no apple sh*t, NOTHING ELSE
all i can think of is that my phone IS running one of the build versions that requires a downgrade as mentioned in the manual (details listed in my original post)
or
i DO have a HTC Dev Bootloader and its not locked as mentioned in the manual
i know nothing about locking or unlocking bootloaders, but Ive been to HTCDev, registered, logged in and tried to follow that process as follows:
i select my phone HTC DESIRE HD* (there is an asterix because "* Indicates HBOOT update required.")
continue through disclaimer and agree etc
download PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe
when i run PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe i get error saying i need to upgrade to 3.13.707.3 (On your phone, go to Menu>Settings>About phone> Software updates> CCheck now.
After you have updated,please run the RUU again to upgrade your HBOOT to unlock
Your phone. We apologize for the inconvenience)
i check for updates and there are no updates available for your phone
this is a staggeringly difficult and im really quite f*cked off i really cant see what im not doing, or, where to go from here
other people in asia seem to be having the issue with this phone, i found this website which google translated and it contains the EXACT steps i have taken please have a look
but of course, no i cant paste url's in here because i havent had 10 posts...honestly wtf
if you care to email me ill send you the link
[email protected]
cheers
I have an Asian device, this his official RUU:
Code:
RUU_Pyramid_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.35.707.1_Radio_10.43a.9007.00U_10.51.9007.27_M3_release_198358_signed
When I purchased the device I replaced the RUU to this version:
Code:
RUU_Pyramid_HTC_ARA_1.34.415.1_Radio_10.43a.9007.00U_10.51.9007.27_M3_release_197242_signed
After a period I received updates on OTA and installed them.
# Once there was an update version, update to 1.50.415.1 with 2.3.4 version of Sense 3.0.
# The second time was a security update.
Everything worked great.
The question is,
I am not getting the ICS update on the OTA since the end of March!
Could that be because I changed the RUU on the device? [As I explained above]
Is there a connection between the IMEI and original Asian RUU?
Only combined both get the update to ICS?
Or even with the current RUU I should get the update?
I am looking for a long time answer this question, thank you you help me.
Do I need to reinstall the RUU Asian to receive the update or not?
wait it out
I have a HTC Desire S I bought via grey import into Australia. It's still running Android 2.3.3 and has never received a FOTA update.
Should have it received one? Is there any other way of getting an update? I'd like to avoid rooting it, I'd just like to install a signed update with the least hassle.
The details of the phone are:
CID: HTC__001
ro.carrier: HTC-WWE
ro.product.version: 1.31.950.2
ro.build.version.incremental: 27073
ro.product.brand: fet_tw
ro.htc.checkin.url: http://andchin.htc.com/android/checkin
ro.htc.checkin.url_CN: http://andchin.htccomm.com.cn/android/checkin
Are any other details needed? I guess it appears to be a China/Taiwan rom.
Why would you stay to a stock rom ?
You've probably got a phone with hboot 0.98.0000 or 0.98.0002, it would be easy to s-off & root it and there are plenty of good roms in the development sub-forum, better than stock.
If you really want to stay on an official release, create a goldcard and flash the latest RUU. Here's the RUU collection: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002506
Absolutely Agree to the above.
No issues Rooting & S-OFF using Revolutionary.
Also, some good stable custom ROMs available e.g.: Endymion, Reaper , CM7 to name a few.
Plus, with the Kernel Source for One V available, we will probably see some stable and Mostly functional ICS builds as well...
If it were my own phone I'd install custom ROMs, I have already on my HTC Desire.
However this phone is for someone else and I'd like to upgrade it "officially" with the proper upgrade. HTC themselves have/will released a gingerbread/ICS(?) upgrade for this phone, but it is up to the carrier to upgrade and deploy it I guess?
I'm just not sure why it hasn't received an upgrade, or whether it ever will. Or if there is some way of performing it manually.
Is a gold-card really necessary? If HTC has released official upgrades, and this is an unlocked phone, can't I just install the provided upgrade some how?
To receive the OTA update , u need to be on the Stock ROM , Unrooted & S-ON.
> To receive the OTA update , u need to be on the Stock ROM , Unrooted & S-ON.
This phone has all that. It is in the original condition that it was bought. But for some reason can't receive the update.
the verizon and the at&t version of the phone got updated to wp8.1.2 officially.
while the tmous version is still sitting on 8.1.1 (build 14219).
i figured out a way to get it to latest wp8.1.2 build (15148) the manual way (iutool cab sending).
how to use iutool -> see there
i had to spoof 2 different other devices to obtain those cabs. so it took some time/work.
01 htc w8 tmous 0P6B140 14203-14219.txt (diff updates, also available officially via OTA update)
02 htc w8 tmous 0P6B140 14219-14226.txt (diff updates, preparation to move on to wp8.1.2)
03 htc w8 tmous 0P6B140 14226-15127-15145-15148.txt (diff updates, wp8.1.2)
if your phone is already updated officially via OTA from 14203 (latest wdrt rom os version) to 14219, you can skip step one.
then send the 14219-14226 cabs, let it reboot and install automatically (gears) and let it migrate your data as usual.
then send the 14226-15127-15145-15148 cabs all in one step. let it reboot and install automatically (gears) and let it migrate your data as usual.
now you should be on the latest wp8.1.2 build.
some might prefer this over w10m until htc fixed their apps for w10m (camera crashing when applying effects for example).
hopefully htc will fix them and release a official w10m rom for this beautiful device.
enjoy and leave me a thanks.
hd2owner
I use htc M8 for windows at&t model: 0P6B180
win 10 build 10586.682. Can you helf up to build 14219 or build 15148 ?